KOMO news helicopter crash

A helicopter crashed near the Space Needle on Tuesday, killing two.

Cindy Quiring, left, and her husband Roger place flowers at a memorial outside Fisher Plaza, home to KOMO-TV, following a helicopter crash outside the building earlier Tuesday, March 18, 2014, in Seattle. The news helicopter crashed into a city street near Seattle's Space Needle, killing two people and critically injuring a person in a car on the ground. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

This undated photo released by KOMO-TV shows helicopter pilot Gary Pfitzner. A KOMO-TV helicopter crashed into a city street near Seattle's Space Needle, Tuesday, March 18, 2014, killing Pfitzner and photographer Bill Strothman, and critically injuring a person in a car on the ground.(AP Photo/KOMO-TV)

This undated photo released by KOMO-TV shows former longtime KOMO photographer Bill Strothman. A KOMO-TV helicopter crashed into a city street near Seattle's Space Needle, Tuesday, March 18, 2014, killing Strothman and pilot Gary Pfitzner, and critically injuring a person in a car on the ground.(AP Photo/KOMO-TV)

The wreckage of a news helicopter sits on a city street after crashing Tuesday, March 18, 2014, in Seattle. A news helicopter crashed into a city street near Seattle's Space Needle on Tuesday, killing two people, critically injuring a person in a car on the ground and sending plumes of black smoke over the city during the morning rush hour. (AP Photo/Stephen Brashear)

A burned out car sits adjacent to a piece of wreckage of a news helicopter Tuesday, March 18, 2014, in Seattle. The KOMO-TV helicopter helicopter crashed into a city street near Seattle's Space Needle on Tuesday, killing two people, critically injuring a person in a car on the ground and sending plumes of black smoke over the city during the morning rush hour.(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

In this photo provided by KOMO-TV, emergency personnel respond to the scene of a helicopter crash outside the KOMO-TV studios near the space needle in Seattle on Tuesday, March 18, 2014. The station says the helicopter was apparently coming in for a landing on its rooftop Tuesday morning when it possibly hit the side of the building and went down, hitting several vehicles on Broad Street. (AP Photo/KOMO-TV, Kelly Koopmans)

In this photo provided by KOMO-TV, emergency personnel respond to the scene of a helicopter crash outside the KOMO-TV studios near the space needle in Seattle on Tuesday, March 18, 2014. The station says the helicopter was apparently coming in for a landing on its rooftop Tuesday morning when it possibly hit the side of the building and went down, hitting several vehicles on Broad Street. (AP Photo/KOMO-TV, Kelly Koopmans)

In this image made from video provided by KOMO-TV, emergency crews respond to the scene of a news helicopter crash outside the KOMO-TV studios near the space needle in Seattle, Tuesday, March 18, 2014, in Seattle. The station says the copter was apparently coming in for a landing on its rooftop Tuesday morning when it possibly hit the side of the building and went down, hitting several vehicles. (AP Photo/Courtesy KOMO-TV) MANDATORY CREDIT

In this image made from video provided by KOMO-TV, smoke rises from the scene of a news helicopter crash outside the KOMO-TV studios near the space needle in Seattle, Tuesday, March 18, 2014, in Seattle. The station says the copter was apparently coming in for a landing on its rooftop Tuesday morning when it possibly hit the side of the building and went down, hitting several vehicles. (AP Photo/Courtesy KOMO-TV) MANDATORY CREDIT

In this photo provided by KIRO- TV, smoke rises at the scene of a helicopter crash outside the KOMO-TV studios near the space needle in Seattle on Tuesday, March 18, 2014. The station says the helicopter was apparently coming in for a landing on its rooftop Tuesday morning when it possibly hit the side of the building and went down, hitting several vehicles on Broad Street. (AP Photo/KIRO-TV)

Emergency personnel respond to the scene of a helicopter crash outside the KOMO-TV studios near the space needle in Seattle on Tuesday, March 18, 2014. The station says the helicopter was apparently coming in for a landing on its rooftop Tuesday morning when it possibly hit the side of the building and went down, hitting several vehicles on Broad Street. Two people inside the helicopter were killed (AP Photo/The Seattle Times, Mike Siegel)

In this image made from video provided by KOMO-TV, smoke rises from the scene of a news helicopter crash outside the KOMO-TV studios near the space needle in Seattle, Tuesday, March 18, 2014, in Seattle. The station says the copter was apparently coming in for a landing on its rooftop Tuesday morning when it possibly hit the side of the building and went down, hitting several vehicles. (AP Photo/Courtesy KOMO-TV) MANDATORY CREDIT

In this image made from video provided by KOMO-TV, smoke rises from the scene of a news helicopter crash outside the KOMO-TV studios near the space needle in Seattle, Tuesday, March 18, 2014, in Seattle. The station says the copter was apparently coming in for a landing on its rooftop Tuesday morning when it possibly hit the side of the building and went down, hitting several vehicles. (AP Photo/Courtesy KOMO-TV) MANDATORY CREDIT

The Seattle Fire Department posted this scene of the helicopter crash at the Space Needle on Twitter.

With the KOMO-TV broadcast building at left, authorities attend to the scene of a news helicopter crash near the Space Needle, Tuesday, March 18, 2014, in Seattle. Two people were killed and another critically injured. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Caution tape surrounds the charred wreckage of a news helicopter and two vehicles after the chopper crashed into a city street near the Space Needle, Tuesday, March 18, 2014, in Seattle. Two people were killed and another was critically injured, according to the Seattle Fire Department. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

KOMO broadcaster Kelly Koopmans, right, works at the scene of the crash of a KOMO news helicopter Tuesday, March 18, 2014, in Seattle. The helicopter helicopter crashed into a city street near Seattle's Space Needle on Tuesday, killing two people and critically injuring a person in a car on the ground. (AP Photo/Stephen Brashear)

Seattle firefighters work to douse burning fuel at the scene of a helicopter crash outside KOMO-TV studios in Seattle on Tuesday, March 18, 2014. The KOMO-TV helicopter helicopter crashed into a city street near Seattle's Space Needle, killing two people, critically injuring a person in a car on the ground. (AP Photo/The Seattle Times, Mike Siegel) SEATTLE OUT; USA TODAY OUT; MAGS OUT; TELEVISION OUT; NO SALES; MANDATORY CREDIT TO BOTH THE SEATTLE TIMES AND THE PHOTOGRAPHER

Seattle firefighters spray water on a helicopter crash outside KOMO-TV studios in Seattle on Tuesday, March 18, 2014. A KOMO-TV helicopter helicopter crashed into a city street near Seattle's Space Needle, killing two people and critically injuring a person in a car on the ground. (AP Photo/The Seattle Times, Mike Siegel) SEATTLE OUT; USA TODAY OUT; MAGS OUT; TELEVISION OUT; NO SALES; MANDATORY CREDIT TO BOTH THE SEATTLE TIMES AND THE PHOTOGRAPHER

NTSB and KOMO News crews look down on the aftermath of a the aftermath of a news helicopter crash Tuesday, March 18, 2014, in Seattle, Wash. A KOMO-TV helicopter crashed into a city street near Seattle's Space Needle, killing two people and critically injuring a person in a car on the ground. (AP Photo/seattlepi.com, Jordan Stead) MAGS OUT; NO SALES; SEATTLE TIMES OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT; TV OUT

KOMO-TV news producer Justin Paulsen briefly holds his hand to his face as he works on a story about the crash of one of their helicopters just outside the newsroom earlier Tuesday, March 18, 2014, in Seattle. The news helicopter crashed into the street and exploded into flames near Seattle's Space Needle, killing two people on board, badly injuring a man in a car and sending plumes of black smoke over the city during the morning commute. The chopper was taking off from a helipad at the KOMO-TV station when it went down on Broad Street downtown and hit three vehicles, starting them on fire and spewing burning fuel down the street. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)